There were two famous good-for-nothings in the Star Court.One was me, Vera, the youngest daughter, with most of my twin starblood ruined, good for nothing but eating, drinking, and playing.The other was my twin brother, Orson, his life-fire broken, unable to stand anywhere with too many people.But my eldest brother, Theron, was heir to the Divine Court, the next King of the Gods.My second brother, Drake, was the Dragon Sovereign, who held every gold vein of the dragon clan.My sister, Sylvia, was the sole Arbiter of the elven Ancient Law.The five of us were born on the same day.Our mother was the last High Priestess of the Court of Chaos, born able to carry different bloodlines of the gods. In a single birth she brought forth five lines of blood: the blood of the high gods, the blood of dragons, the blood of the elves, and the weakest yet rarest of all, the twin starblood that ran in Orson and me.On the day we were born, the star sea collapsed, and a rift in the universe tore op
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